History has overlooked one of my favorite Star Trek characters. You never hear her name any more, even though you hear Uhura all the time. But no one ever mentions Nurse Chapel, but I loved Nurse Chapel as a girl. Because she loved Spock. The thought of the unrequited love that this fine young woman…

At last, Operation Renfield by Steven Johnson is complete! Here is another snippit! Franz had heard the mine explode, of course. But mines exploded fairly often on the Line. He couldn’t know for sure we were coming in force. Did he have a reserve handy? Was he willing to send it out after one mine,…

In case any of you ever wondered what the writing of a Wright offspring might be like, here is an excerpt from the Elf King's write up for what we at the Wright Household call "Steve Johnson's Non-existant Next Mystery Man Game, or "The Nonexistant Game" for short. This is the part of the origin…

I want to write a brief post about why I love Spock, but many snow days have severely decreased my productivity. So that will have to be for next week. In the meantime, I have been meaning for some time to post John's Book of Gold essay as part of our Superversive Blog. John C.…

This comes from the keyboard of Larry Correia: ( Book by John below) BOOK BOMB! This is our last Sad Puppies 3 Book Bomb. Remember, you’ve only got a few more days to get your nominations in for the Hugo awards. If you are just joining us, a Book Bomb is where we…

And the slate of Lord Voxdimort: BEST SHORT STORY "Goodnight Stars" by Annie Bellet, The Apocalypse Triptych "Totaled" by Kary English, Galaxy's Edge "On a Spiritual Plain" by Lou Antonelli, Sci Phi Journal #2 “A Single Samurai” by Steve Diamond, Baen Big Book of Monsters Both Rabid Puppies recommendations in the Short Story category…

Below is yesterday's post from Monster Hunter Nation: It is time to spread more awareness about Puppy Related Sadness. The following are our suggested nominees for the short fiction categories, novelette and short story. The way a Book Bomb normally works is that we pick one good book worthy of more attention, which is available…

King went up the mountains without complaint. Not out loud, anyhow. We drove to Dieffelsbach and a little past, then dismounted. The other side of the mountain was between the lines, our natural habitat. But a jeep moving around up there made smoke and noise, too much for our St. Hubert’s medals to mask. A…

Sing O' Goddes of the Eternal Tug of War between Hestia and the Muses! Of the constant struggle between the efforts to entertain and the efforts to spread a message. In particular, today, this manifests as the divide between what people say life should be like and the way life appears in stories and TV shows. The Sad…

Woohoo! More of Steve Johnson's terrific WWII elf and dwarf fantasy! If you are new to our adventure: The opening is here: Second piece – My old man says that in the old days, back before he came over in ’78 with Lafayette, the King was appointed by God. That meant the officers appointed by the…

Boosting the signal. From Monster Hunter Nation: BOOK BOMB! Novellas from the Sad Puppies Slate! Posted on February 18, 2015 by correia45 Today we are Book Bombing the three suggested novellas from the Sad Puppies slate. These are novellas that the Evil Legion of Evil thinks are great, and should be considered for fancy awards.…

Today we have a delightful treat, an interview with Abyss and Apex editor, Wendy S. Delmater. Wendy was superversive before the rest of us ever heard of it. She is friends with Tom Simon, the gentleman who uses Superversive as an online name and who wrote our opening post. She brings her superversiveness to bear…

Hey folks, A special treat: an alternate history Superversive story by author Rachel Kolar (who explains that early attempts to write this story with a Christian protagonist didn't work.) And to the Republic by Rachel Kolar I tried to keep my face calm as I read the attachment, even though on the inside I…

The below post was written for Superversive SF by author Brian Niemerer, whose manuscript I had the honor of reviewing for him last summer. The Life Cycle of a Manuscript On a recent episode of Geek Gab, a listener asked me an excellent question: when is a manuscript ready for an editor? That questions got…